Chuck Spicer receives OHA Cleve Rodgers Distinguished Service Award
Posted on: 11/24/21
At last week’s OHA Connect 21, Charles L. Spicer, Jr., FACHE, special advisor to the board, OU Health, received the Association’s highest award, the W. Cleveland Rodgers Distinguished Service Award, in recognition of his outstanding service to the health care industry. Chuck Spicer has been president and CEO of OU Medicine since 2012. He transitioned into the role of special advisor in July of 2021.
Prior to his time with OU Medicine, Spicer served in executive leadership positions within the University of Texas Health System and with Texas Health Resources in Dallas. He received a master’s degree from Trinity University in San Antonio and a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Since 2016, Spicer has served as Oklahoma City region chairman on the OHA board of directors, as well as chairman of the Greater Oklahoma City Hospital Council. He has also served on the OHA Council on Policy and Legislation and the Council on Education. In 2016, he was the recipient of OHA’s Advocacy in Action award. In 2017, he received the American Hospital Association Grassroots Champion Award.
Spicer has served on the boards of United Way of Central Oklahoma, Allied Arts, Oklahoma Health Center Foundation, and Young Presidents Organization. He also serves on the advisory boards of the Children’s Hospital Foundation and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oklahoma City. Spicer was the 2015 recipient of the Red Shoe Award in recognition of his contributions to Ronald McDonald House Charities. He was also voted among Oklahoma Magazine’s Best of the Best CEOs in 2015 and 2016.